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Wisdom from Chinese Sages, Icons & Poets.
Confucius Quotes (孔子)
Chinese Proverbs (中国谚语)
Wisdom from Chinese Sages, Icons & Poets.
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A Question of Benevolence: “To Repress Faults is Hard, But Is It Perfect Virtue?”
The Traits of a Mean Man: Hard to Serve, Easy to Please Wrongly, Demanding Perfection
The Weight of Office: “To Be a Prince is Difficult; To Be a Minister is Not Easy”
The Paradox of Virtue: The One Who Seeks Difficulty Before Reward
The Conflict of Liking and Doing: Ran Qiu’s Plea of Insufficient Strength
Confucius on the Paradox of Power: True Ease in Governing Lies in Deference
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